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The $300 Million Button

February 24th, 2009

How changing a button increased a site’s annual revenues by $300 million.

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Now Available: The Better Blogger WordPress Theme

November 13th, 2008

Offered exclusively through ThemeForest, The Better Blogger is the very first WordPress theme I have released to the public. Definitely not the last.

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Understanding Progressive Enhancement (A List Apart)

October 10th, 2008

Steven Champeon turned web development upside down, and created an instant best practice of standards-based design, when he introduced the notion of designing for content and experience instead of browsers. In part one of a series, ALA’s Gustafson refreshes us on the principles of progressive enhancement. Upcoming installments will translate the philosophy into sophisticated, future-focused design and code.

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News: Test-Driven Progressive Enhancement

September 27th, 2008

Starting with semantic HTML, and layering enhancements using JavaScript and CSS, is supposed to create good experiences for all. Alas, enhancements still find their way to aging browsers and under-featured mobile devices that don’t parse them properly. What’s a developer to do? Scott Jehl makes the case for capabilities testing.

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